Grizz 12-2 at FedEx Forum. Fairly deep squad. Coming off a drubbing by Rockets. 3 days of rest. Coach Lionel, no B.S approach. Richardson out. Chemistry still evasive. Cards are stacked against Sixers; career game from someone might help.

In all fairness, Speights is a marginally better player than he was here, now in Memphis, maturing a bit, contributing very well in spurts.
As much as we whine about Hawes being flaccid and Lavoy being clueless. Maurice Speights is STILL not a better option than either.
And that's just the truth.

yeah......actually only 3; vs. Miami, against the Lakers and in OKC, the last being the only one I watched to completion.

In my earlier post I was alluding to the fact that their starting lineup is physically intimidating and their defense is still very physical, together with Gay doing very well, I didnt think we have much of a chance.

WRT Sp8, some guys are only bench players for a reason. All of our bigs minus Thad should not be starting in the NBA. Same goes for Sp8s. He still looks like he needs a traffic light on D. So that puts him no better than any of ours IMO.
I was wrong.
I should correct 'the truth' to 'my novice opinion based on common sense'.

From the amount Lionel plays him, it looks like he's so fond of Speights, he plays him less than 10 minutes/game about a quarter of the time. Which seems about right.

Since he came into the league, scoring has been really his only ability, and that ability has gotten worse in each of his seasons in the league (including his time post-Collins in MEM). An scoring bit player who doesn't score very will is garbage, in my opinion.

Speights has a lot of raw talent and was always good at putting up numbers, unfortunately he's an idiot. If memory serves right, his offense consisted of chucking a jumper the second he touched the ball and his defense was mostly fouls.

Beyond finding a way to make it appear you have anyone with a pulse on the inside, I'm going to say securing the ball on the perimeter is the big key. Conley and Allen both gamble for turns very effectively. Don't get lazy or sloppy and give them easy hoops in transition. Their offense hasn't been especially good recently, make them work for points.

Jrich was kinda dogging it these last few weeks, I don't know, maybe he's just old and banged up. But yeah, like Wright out there more as of now. JRich can come off the bench when he gets back, maybe they were playing him too many minutes.

Feel like Richardson is better at slipping into his spots behind the three-point line than Wright is, working without the ball. But if he isn't hitting his shots, it's kind of a pointless skill. Really like what I've seen from Dorell since Jrue's injury.

So far this game has been exhibit A in my "Turner is better on ball than Jrue" argument...he hasn't scored yet, but ET's passing has been tremendous while Jrue's has been nonexistent. One play early in the first sticks out, Turner was open under the basket for a few seconds for a gimme layup and Jrue seemingly did not even see him, instead choosing to execute a safe but useless pass to Thad for a midrange jumper which, needless to say, bricked.

The moment that sticks out for me for Turner thus far is one from the second quarter where he passed to Lavoy, who went tic tac toe to SPencer for an open layup...real, quality passing is contagious. Also a play in the `1st where Turner had the ball on the wing around the three pt line, started going into his iso moves as the shot clock ran down, drew the double team, and dished to Dorell for a wide open corner three that he buried as the shot clock expires.

Last two Sixers possessions...Turner gets Wright a wide open three which he bricks, Turner gets Lavoy a layup which he misses, gets o board, draws foul...

does eightytwo games have that?i don't have synergy...thanks for the info bout last year, am genuinely curious...my mancrush has done a lot more distributing this year than he did during last year's reg season

Jrue to Wright for a quick three, his first assist...hopefully the whole "I'm going to hold the ball ninety percent of the time we have possession and score six points on eight shots" thing from the first quarter is over

Dorell Wright has done a great job getting to the line. Team looks better with him starting than Richardson in my opinion...Richardson is better used off the bench...see if he's hot from three and ride him if he is

would love to see Turner try and take it to the effin hoop in the second half and possibly capitalize himself...he gets a lot of contact on drives generally but has not earned his stripes with the zebras and bitches at them relentlessly

his inability to buy a whistle and his improved midrange game have combined to make turner way too jumper happy of late...he needs to get into the lane, to score and to pass

answered my own question...82games.com says 42% of Turner's assists are "close" buckets or dunks as opposed to 34 percent of Jrue's...but two pt jumpers were 39 percent of Turner's assists as opposed to 34% of Jrue's

Jrue's big advantage over Turner is this area is that he sets up a lot of threes, way more than Ev...makes tons of sense, Jrue's drive and kick game is superior...but my eyetest analysis that Turner sets up more easy buckets inside is accurate....

yeah that was ugly and he was forcing it, trying to get rid of the goose egg...but on the whole he's done a good job of not forcing his offense, realizing he can contribute more tonight by passing than by shooting

Not exactly a recipe for success, given the terrible scoring numbers for Jrue and ET coupled with an invisible Thad... But you get about 5 games a year were Hawes is a monster, and this was one of them. Couple that with a streaky Wright on fire and it is just enough to win.

True. I didn't realize that Atlanta and Memphis are still in the single digit loss column. Golden State is 19-10 with a starting front court of David Lee and Carl Landri. I'm still waiting for NYK's collapse. Success follows Jason Kidd and Mike Woodson is my choice for COTY. I wonder how the Sixers would rank if they had a healthy Bynum. Probably 6th best in the NBA behind Miami, OKC, LAC, NYK, and SAN.

It's tough to say where they'd be. When one of their bigs plays like a legit NBA big, they're pretty tough to beat. Having that every night? I don't know. Probably would've been an adjustment period at the beginning of the season. Everyone's role would be a bit different, but having a big man in the middle, well, it should make everything easier for everyone.

Actually, Ezeli is their starting C and Lee is the starting PF. They are only starting him, because they are waiting for their prized big man Andre Bogut themselves and their only other choice is Biedrins who has completely lost his confidence as a basketball player.

That being said they do rely heavily on a Lee/Landry frontcourt that has had surprisingly good success so far. I read somewhere (i think it was on Grantland), that they are a good defensive team, but a bad offensive team with Ezeli or Biedrins and completely the opposite (a great offensive team , and bad defensive team with the Lee/Landry frontcourt).